WARRINGTON Town were good value for their 1-0 victory at Radcliffe Borough and should have won by a much bigger margin based on the balance of play.
Striker Chris Thompson (pictured above) returned to the starting line-up, with Jamie Henders on the bench and Chris Gahgan dropped. Thompson almost scored with the first attack of the game as his lob come shot hit the top of the cross bar.
He made no mistake on seven minutes heading home from a cross to give Warrington a deserved lead.
Warrington totally outplayed Radcliffe in every department and were unlucky not to extend their lead on numerous occasions, with Sam Finley seeing his shot across the face of goal striking the far post and bouncing to safety.
It was a mystery how the scoreline was still only 0-1 at the break.
Warrington started the second half showing plenty of pace but couldn’t find an elusive second goal.
Anthony Hickey thought he had headed hom 10 minutes from time but it was ruled out for off-side.
In the closing minutes Warrington hearts were in their mouths as Radcliffe created a rare chance during a goal mouth scramble but Town saw out the game for a deserved three points which saw them move up to 13th in the table.
On Tuesday they travel to 14th placed Mossley followed by the visit of bottom placed club Ossett Albion next Saturday.
Town: Oldfield, Duffy, Cross, Humphreys, Hardwick, Hamid, Collins (Jackson, 72),
Finley, Hickey, Thompson, Corrigan, subs not used: Henders, Wade, Shipton, Brown
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